U.S. Domestic Resources

Welcome to the H2infO U.S. Domestic Resources Page. On this page you will find U.S. Water Partnership member resources aimed at helping domestic stakeholders address the unique water challenges of the United States.

U.S. Domestic Resources

A Note on Gender Issues in the Provision of Improved Potable Water Supplies in Developing Countries

U.S. Agency for International Development
There is renewed recognition in the international community of the importance of improved water and sanitation to people in both rural and urban areas in developing countries. Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

Knowledge Sharing Resources from WASHFunders.Org

Foundation Center
Links to WASH-related online resources, which are categorized into: evaluation databases, foundations, governmental/multilateral networks/partnerships, news/blogs, non-governmental organizations and research.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

The Value of Trees Statistics Sheet

The National Institutes for Water Resources
Studies prove that trees have a positive effect on many aspects of people's lives, including their health, home, businesses, communities, drinking water, and air quality.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Geologic and Hydrologic Aspects of Test Well Drilling

Published: 
April 1, 1962
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentU.S. Geological Survey
Information on test-well drilling was compiled in 1957 in the Resources Div., U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson, Arizona, for use in the training of participants from foreign countries. The data pertains largely to the geologic and hydrologic aspects of test-well drilling and supplement instructions...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

How Trees Can Retain Stormwater Runoff

Published: 
December 31, 1969
The National Institutes for Water Resources
Trees in our communities provide many services beyond the inherent beauty they lend to streets and properties. One of the most overlooked and underappreciated is their ability to reduce the volume of water rushing through gutters and pipes following a storm. This means less investment in expensive...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Methods of Analysis for Waters, Organic Matter, and Pond Bottom Soils Used in Fisheries Research

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report provides guidance on water quality testing with respect to fisheries and increasing fish production and the methods to doing so.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

International Center for Fisheries: Research & Training

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
Under contract with USAID, the Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station operated a world wide international fisheries project entitled "Increasing Fish Production by Improve Fishcultures." The project was designed to assist developing countries in increasing their capabilities to...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Estimation of Standing Crops and Rates of Feeding Fish in Ponds

Published: 
January 1, 1968
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study estimates how standing crops can be used in feeding fish and performs a technical analysis of how to increase fish production efficiently.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Fish Kills Caused By Phytoplankton Blooms and Their Prevention

Published: 
May 25, 1966
U.S. Agency for International Development
Different types of plankton blooms form dense concentrations or scums on surface water have been the primary cause of fish kills in ponds. This document provides a summary of this type of problem in Alabama.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Water Quality Standards and International Development

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this report is to offer those concerned with social and economic progress in developing countries insights into the concept of water quality standards, and summary of progress to date in establishing such standards in the United States and in developing countries.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America